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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
1
Noah Ky Mrs Liza Houzano reports relief from headaches and nervous prostration after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as best for female troubles through the Change of Life and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
A testimonial from Captain George P. Bills notes successful cure of dry eczema after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The article then reports Western Canada's 1908 crop yields, with Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta producing about 107 million bushels of wheat and related crops worth substantial sums, plus letters from American settlers praising Alberta's opportunities.
Judge Anderson declared the government failed to prove key points against Standard Oil in the retrial. The jury returned not guilty amid rulings that limited counts and dismissed charges over Chappelle shipments. Judge Landis’s prior $29 240 000 fine was not upheld as the action ended with acquittal.
United States Weather Bureau reports less ice on the Great Lakes than last year on the same date. Lake Superior fields are light and scattered while Green Bay remains somewhat firm. Straits of Mackinac show twenty inches of ice. Lake Huron and Lake Ontario ice varies with pockets of open water and broken fields. A separate note reports eight broken-up fields along Lake Huron’s south shore and a theft at Montrose post office by an eight year old.
Four cities Hammond Whiting Indiana Harbor and East Chicago discuss forming a single municipality named Calumet. The move would include nearby areas totaling about 75 000 people making it Indiana s second city. Gary may stay separate. The plan seeks shared government and a canal linking to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Gas and electric firms in Northern Indiana consolidate into the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company with $10,000,000 capital. Clarece H. Geiss of Chicago and Philadelphia shapes the merger. Frank J. Canail elected President and Rollo M. Cole Secretary. Absorbs plants at Michigan City Hammond Valparaiso Indiana Harbor and East Chicago.
Richard Fuller, a farmer, sues the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company in Lake Superior Court at Hammond for 68 dollars claiming the hens lost due to embankments caused the Kankakee River to flood his farm. Fuller values nine hens at 9 dollars each and asserts an egg yield of one per day for six months per hen.
George Cooper of Elizabeth was found hanging by a grape vine noose around his neck in woods near his home. He had acted strangely for months and steps were taken for confinement at Evansville Hospital for the Insane. Cooper was 39 and leaves a family.
Friends of Rev. A C Rand report he vanished from his Warsaw home several days ago. They suspect foul play and trace his movements as far as Wa bash. No further word has been found and a wider search is requested by his worried wife.
A Knox County well has pierced forty feet of oil sand but failed to yield oil. The drill will continue to 2,000 feet unless oil is found in paying quantities earlier. Hints of leases appear on the Illinois shore as oil men monitor prospects.
Read fragments describe restrictions on mining and industrial labor. The text notes age limits, daily rest breaks for women and children, and required safeguards in workrooms dormitories lavatories and toilets. Authorities consider strengthening protections for workers under 15.
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